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House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance
Finally, we have some genuine resolve and defiance in favor of the rule of law and basic constitutional protections.
Glenn Greenwald [2008-03-14]

  • Shooter

    Does that smoking hole in your foot hurt?

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    Judge Robert Bork, one of the fathers of the modern judicial conservative movement whose nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate, is seeking $1,000,000 in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages,

    Judge Bork has been a leading advocate of restricting plaintiffs' ability to recover through tort law. In a 2002 article published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy--the official journal of the Federalist Society--Bork argued that frivolous claims and excessive punitive damage awards have caused the Constitution to evolve into a document which would allow Congress to enact tort reforms that would have been unconstitutional at the framing:

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    Friday, March 14, 2008 07:58 PM
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